Best Tech-o-Lanterns 2013
By Bob Brown,
Network World |
Oct 16, 2013 1:00 AM
PT
We've updated our collection of cool, scary and fun pumpkin carvings from around the web, with social media and other topics trending hot.
Leave it to techies to show off their passions on their pumpkins, whether it’s paying homage to tech innovators, products or companies. Enjoy!
Social media-themed jack-o-lanterns are all the rage, so we start you off with a few of these.
Credit: Reface.me
Do you like?
Credit: NickRoshon.com
Good Twitter.
Credit: Paragon Digital
Bad Twitter.
Credit: Daniel Rothamel, Flickr
Creative Commons. Surprised we didn’t find more of these.
Credit: Maurice Svay, Flickr
Reddit gets some credit.
Credit: Casey Fleser, Flickr
Blog about it! WordPress pumpkin
Credit: Eric M. Martin, Flckr
Wi-Fi pumpkin
Credit: Jennifer Fowler, Flickr
Pac-pumpkin
Credit: Taraneh Tayaran, Flickr
Scrabble and Pi.
Credit: RA, Flickr
Couldn’t find a Windows 8 one…not sure what that says. Though we couldn’t find a Windows XP one either, which is probably good.
Credit: Alex Gorzen, Flickr
One more Windows. 7.
Credit: Donald Hester, Flickr
OK, you avoid emoticons while texting, but you can’t avoid them on Halloween.
Credit : Neal Gillis, Flickr
Minecraft pumpkin
Credit: 8r4d’s Gallery
Thinking you might not want to really put this iPad pumpkin case out on your stoop if you ever want to see your iPad again, but might be fun to use inside if you make sure the tablet doesn’t get oozed on. iPadEnclosures
What's good enough for an iPad is certainly good enough for an iPhone. iPhone Savior
Creepier version of an iPhone pumpkin. LenKendall via Flickr
Thinking different. iGadgetZone
iPhone jailbreakers get into the Halloween act. Geek.com
All lit up. Brightest Young Things
Emory University students entered this pair o' bickering pumpkins at a farmer's market carving competition. Emory University
Carnegie Mellon computer science professor Scott Fahlman, creator of the emoticon, would be honored by Cooking for Engineers ' pumpkin entry.
This entry comes from " dretblog " -- Erik Wilde's Web and Information Architecture Musings. In his blog, Erik noted he had other coded-pumpkin ideas brewing: "We briefly discussed creating an isomorphic JSON pumpkin, but then dropped the idea because the curly braces would have stretched our carving skills too far."
Okay, this entry is not technically techie and more geeky -- but come on, this just rocks. And I dare any true techie out there who hasn't gone tricker-treating as Darth Vader.
Speaking of Darth Vader, we had to throw this one in from Geeks of Doom 's Pumpkin o' Doom.
From Hil's opml blog : "A bit of nonsense for Halloween."
From Geek Culture : "Steve Ballmer O'Lantern...whoa, the stuff that nightmares are made of!"
This pumpkin PC used a Dell Latitude D410 motherboard. Unfortunately, the source site from University of Arkansas has been taken down -- especially a bummer as it had a step-by-step guide on how to make your own pumputer.
Source: LifeofBen.com
A gamer-geek entry for all you Super Mario Brother fans out there.
Source: Netorama
Source: LifeofBen.com
Source: RemoveIT blog
Too check out more Mac-o-lanters, click here .
Source: MIT
Source: MIT
Source: MIT
Source: The Fox Tales
Source: LinuxLoop.com
Source: InfoWorld.com
Source: The Deringdos
Source: Student Hacks
Source: Chiral
Source: EvilMadScientist.com
Source: Case Screensaver
Source: NBC
Source: Student Hacks
Source: Tim Jon
Source: ThatIsGenuis.com
Source: Didomenico.us
Source: Student Hacks
Our favorite sarcastic Snowy Owl is honored here. For those not in the Internet-know, the phrase "O RLY?" is typically used in a sardonic manner, often in response to a statement that the speaker feels is obvious, or blatantly false and/or self-contradictory. Often "O RLY?" is used in response to a lengthy or overly detailed post. Like this slideshow?
This scary pumpkinhead from our 2006 Halloween costume contest is just one example of what can go wrong when you have too many RJ-45, RJ-11 and other network cable jacks lying around.
Pumpkin pi formula
Credit: Mathematical Association of America
Weigh in on our top tech-o-lantern picks and/or share your own.
Plus, check out our special Mac-o-lantern Apple-pumpkin patch here .
